Scientists discover that Neanderthals and our human ancestors did mate, based on a DNA analysis.

John Podhoretz comments on the demise of Newsweek.

Paul Krugman believes Greece may end up abandoning the Euro. I suspect he is correct.

Nick Clegg, head of Britain's Labor Democrats, is offering to talk with David Cameron, leader of the Conservatives, to form a coalition government in the UK. This after yesterday's general election leaves the Conservatives with the largest number of seats in Parliament, but not enough seats for a majority. Coalition governments tend not to last very long (the longest in the last hundred years was from 1910-1914, but usually they last less than a year), so expect a new round of elections by the end of 2011, at the latest.

Nile Gardiner hopes Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not try to cling to power.

More scrutiny for electronic trading after the wild ride on Wall Street yesterday.